History YMMV / TotalDramaRama

* HilariousInHindsight: Fans have been making their own versions of the contestants as little kids for years before this series made the idea an official thing, with the most notable being in late 2013 when a user on [=DeviantArt=] by the name of [[https://kikaigaku.deviantart.com/ Kika-ila]] made a mini comic series called ''Fanfic/TotalDramaKids'', which showcased the cast as young children at school. And in a hilarious coincidence, the series will be aired in Brazil (and presumably the rest of Latin America) under the name ''Drama Total Kids''.

* Owen still manages to be the BigFun and optimistic guy that he was in the original show, only that he's a child and is more energetic.

** Cody is probably the most adorable of the male kids here, having traded his perverted tendencies as a teenager for being a sensitive and innocent CheerfulChild while still maintaining his childlike and {{adorkable}} qualities.

* UncertainAudience: It was marketed towards fans of the original ''Total Drama,'' which hadn't aired a new episode in three years (four if you don't count the spinoff), but the plots and comedy style are designed to appeal to an audience even younger than the target demographic of the parent series. Those who watched the show as children are now teens or older, and unlikely to watch a spinoff aimed at very young kids, while the very young kids likely didn't watch the original, and the serialized plot and adult humor makes it unlikely that they'd get invested in that series retroactively. Unlike something like ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'' or ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo,'' ''Total Drama'' isn't even an established franchise property. Even those who think it's a good show still don't understand why it had to be a ''Total Drama'' spinoff.

*** Cody for being surprisingly adorable and innocent in stark contrast to his [[HopelessSuitor desperate attempts to win over Gwen]] in the original series.

** The kids who [[OutOfFocus don't get as much focus as the others]] get this for various reasons: the most notable goes to Bridgette for being an [[{{Moe}} unbelievably sweet]] NiceGirl.
** Cody for being surprisingly adorable and innocent in stark contrast to his [[HopelessSuitor desperate attempts to win over Gwen]] in the original series.

** The additions of Lightning and Sugar in season 3, who were also a base breaker and TheScrappy, respectively, in the main ''Total Drama'' series. Some enjoy the antics they get up to and how they bounce off the other students, while others think they steal too much attention from other more popular characters, and aren't that entertaining. They get off a bit better than their canon counterparts, though, as fans appreciate how Lightning's {{Jerkass}} tendencies [[AdaptationalNiceGuy have been toned down]], and while Sugar is just as ruthless as she's ever been, her {{Gasshole}} humor has been removed and she has more PetTheDog moments.

** The kids who [[OutOfFocus don't get as much focus as the others]] get this for various reasons: Bridgette for being an [[{{Moe}} unbelievably sweet]] NiceGirl and Cody for being surprisingly adorable and innocent in stark contrast to his [[HopelessSuitor desperate attempts to win over Gwen]] in the original series.

* AmericansHateTingle: While "hate" may be a bit of a stretch, [[ToughActToFollow compared to the original Total Drama]], ''DramaRama'' wasn't very huge in Canada. However, it has a vocal hatedom in the US. Common complaints for the series include being a bit too childish, juvenile, sickly sweet, [[AdaptationalPersonalityChange changing or altering the characters' personalities]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not being a real Total Drama season]].

* TheScrappy: Beth. She's even less like her teenage self than Gwen (who is at least still a Goth and a loner), instead being portrayed as an egocentric narcissist who constantly commits extremely selfish actions without learning anything or suffering any consequences and is frequently used for grossout and ToiletHumour. The fact that she has a large amount of screentime makes the fanbase hate her more.

* SalvagedStory:
** After years of fans complaining of how certain characters from ''Island'' would go through {{Flanderization}} and/or derailment whenever they'd return in later seasons, this series restores said characters either closer to their original characterization, or makes them tolerable when compared to their original counterparts currently. Courtney for example in this series is often viewed as an improvement over when we last saw her original teen self.
** During the beginning of season one, [=LeShawna=] ended up getting a lot of hate for becoming way too mean and selfish compared to her teenaged self, with many even claiming that she was more like Heather. The second half of season one, along with season two, sees both of these traits get turned down and brings her closer to her teenaged self, even if she does still have her moments.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** After years of fans complaining of how certain characters from ''Island'' would go through {{Flanderization}} and/or derailment whenever they'd return in later seasons, this series restores said characters either closer to their original characterization, or makes them tolerable when compared to their original counterparts currently. Courtney for example in this series is often viewed as an improvement over when we last saw her original teen self.
** During the beginning of season one, [=LeShawna=] ended up getting a lot of hate for becoming way too mean and selfish compared to her teenaged self, with many even claiming that she was more like Heather. The second half of season one, along with season two, sees both of these traits get turned down and brings her closer to her teenaged self, even if she does still have her moments.

** The additions of Lightning and Sugar in season 3, who were also a base breaker and TheScrappy, respectively, in the main ''Total Drama'' series. Some enjoy the antics they get up to and how they bounce off the other students, while others think they steal too much attention from other more popular characters, and aren't that entertaining. Lightning gets off a bit better than Sugar, though, as fans appreciate how the former's {{Jerkass}} tendencies [[AdaptationalNiceGuy have been toned down]], while the latter is just as mean and selfish as she's ever been.

** Bridgette (a character whose [[CuteClumsyGirl teen]][[NiceGirl age]] [[TheWoobie self]] already qualifies for it) is the most moe of the kids '''[[UpToEleven BY FAR]]'''. For example, when Chef makes the kids come up with their own businesses in “A Licking Time Bomb”, Bridgette’s business is ''[[TheCutie free compliments and hugs]]''!

** Chef Hatchet is perhaps the biggest example. Very few things end up going right for him. In "Duck Duck Juice", Izzy and Jude drink his favorite unicorn latte, causing him to go insane from withdrawal for the majority of the episode. When he gets another one, Duncan's explosive clay blows up on him and destroys the cup. "The Date" reveals that he suffers from depression after his girlfriend broke up with him, when he thinks he's found a new girlfriend, it turns out to be the kids sending fake love letters just so he can keep ordering them pizza. "Not Without My Fudgy Lumps" takes this UpToEleven by putting him in excruciating pain for most of the episode and it even ending with him '''getting arrested''' because Izzy steals his phone to hack into the military to get a drone to try and retrieve Owen's box of fudgy lumps that he left outside. "There Are No Hoppy Endings" is another that highlights Chef’s Woobie status.

*** Then in "Germ Factory", while the other kids are trying to get themselves sick so they can stay home all day, Courtney tries not to get sick so she can get her gold star for 100 days of perfect attendance, only for [[CuteClumsyGirl Bridgette]] to sneeze on Courtney at the end of the episode and make her sick anyway, much to Courtney's horror. [[DownerEnding The episode ends with a shot of a sick Courtney, who had dragged herself to the daycare, pitifully knocking on the door begging to be let in to keep up her attendance, before vomiting on herself and then continuing to beg anyway]].